vitrifier

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French

Etymology

From Latin vitrum +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.tʁi.fje/
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Verb

vitrifier

  1. to vitrify
    Vitrifier le sable.
    To convert sand to glass.
  2. to make as solid as glass
    Je n’en ai gardé souvenir de rien de précis [de ces quelques jours passés avec Pierre Louis], mais bien seulement d’une extraordinaire ferveur, d’une joie, d’une frénésie qui m’éveillait dès l’aube, éternisait chaque instant de chaque heure, vitrifiait ou volatilisait tout ce qui s’approchait de mon cœur.
    I wouldn't dare depict any specific memory , but only a special fervor, a joy, a frenzy that awoke me at dawn, that dragged every moment of every hour, that vitrified, volatilized anything approaching my heart.
    (André Gide, Si le grain ne meurt, 1924)
  3. to lacquer, give something a smooth, glassy finish
    Vitrifier un plancher.
    To lacquer the floor.

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Descendants

  • Turkish: vitrifiye (via past participle)

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